With the primary election not until the first week of May in my state, apathy has washed out voter turnout in years past. However, if the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama stays as close as it has been, Indiana may matter come May.

Every single delegate is counting more and more these days as Clinton and Obama battle it out for a nomination that even the experts will not predict. That sounded good, didn't it? But wait ... what does it mean? What are delegates, and how do candidates win them?

In my state, there is the potential to win 84 delegates. There are two groups: superdelegates and pledged delegates. Indiana has 11 super delegates, who can vote for whichever candidate they want — easy enough.

Then it gets a little tricky. There are 73 pledged delegates in my state. Of the pledged delegates, 25 are split according to the percent of votes each candidate gets. So, say it came down to Hillary and Barack. If Hillary took 30 percent of the vote in my state, she would receive seven delegate votes (30 percent of the 25 delegates).  The other 47 are decided by each congressional district — there are nine districts in Indiana. Each district has between four and six delegates, and the delegates vote based on how their constituents vote.

Do you have a headache? I do too.

The point is, Indiana's generally lackluster and apathy-driven primary may actually mean something this year. And, since my state is not a winner-take-all state, it is important for every person in every district to get out there and make sure what we want is heard. Who knows how close this election will be in May, but with four to six delegates from each district voting based only on who we tell them to vote for, there is no excuse to sit at home on May 6.